Michael Tkachuk

London, United Kingdom

Member since August 31, 2013

Michael is a responsible, communicative, creative, and innovative person. He loves when he can get jobs done efficiently and in a rational way. He's always open to new ideas and discussions, and he respects other points of view while always trying to find win-win solutions for existing problems.

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Portfolio

Plumbee Ltd.
Unity3D, Adobe Flash, Adobe Flex, ActionScript3, Java
Incredee
ActionScript, JavaScript, Node.js, TypeScript, C#, Unity3D, UnityScript, PHP
Stuart Squires (via Toptal)
Unity3D, iOS, Android, Java, C#, Amazon AWS

Experience

JavaScript, 10 years
ActionScript 3.0, 6 years
HTML5, 5 years
Java, 2 years
C#, 2 years
Unity3D, 3 years
Node.js, 2 years
NoSQL, 2 years

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Windows, OS X, IntelliJ, Flash Builder, SVN, Git

The most amazing...

...thing I've created is an interactive game editing tool that allows you to control every small aspect of gameplay for Facebook games.

Employment

Game Client Engineer
Plumbee Ltd.
2014 - PRESENT
- Developed and maintained a top-notch mobile slots game product.
- Used proper software engineering processes with TDD, code reviews, dependency management, etc.
- Worked in a technology-agnostic environment, participating in client, server, and analytics tools development.
- Became familiar with Amazon Web Services.
- Constantly improved my team cooperation and collaboration skills.
- Gained experience in using truly Agile processes, including Scrum in the past and currently Kanban.
Technologies: Unity3D, Adobe Flash, Adobe Flex, ActionScript3, Java
Owner/Founder
Incredee
2007 - PRESENT
- Created games using Unity3D.
- Created a freelance projects aggregator/crawler using Node.js.
- Developed Flash games and game portal based on Node.js.
- Developed complex Facebook games and game engineering tools.
Technologies: ActionScript, JavaScript, Node.js, TypeScript, C#, Unity3D, UnityScript, PHP
Unity3D Developer
Stuart Squires (via Toptal)
2015 - 2016
- Created a cross-platform flash message editor/player.
- Facilitated NTP + GPS time synchronization for simultaneous playback on multiple devices.
- Implemented a multi-threaded GIF renderer for Unity3D environment using C#.
- Utilized Amazon S3 to host application website and GIFs shared on Facebook.
- Helped to iterate and improve on the application UI flows.
- Created List and ColorPicker UI components which are not present in Unity3D.
Technologies: Unity3D, iOS, Android, Java, C#, Amazon AWS
Co-Owner/Developer/Project Manager
Ansata Web Group
2008 - 2013
- Was responsible for full-stack development (server+client).
- Conducted research for customer intelligence as it related to eCommerce and online marketing solutions for well-known brands.
- Was responsible for project and product management.
Technologies: PHP, ActionScript 1.0/2.0/3.0, MXML, Adobe Flash, Adobe Flex, JavaScript, HTML5, Node.js, TypeScript
Senior software development engineer
DDM Studio
2007 - 2008
- Gained experience working on international projects.
- Learned to achieve quality required by well-known companies like General Motors, Samsung, and others.
- Created over 5 Flash-based websites and numerous advertising online tools for 2007-2008 advertising campaigns of HP, Samsung, General Motors, The Coca-Cola company.
Technologies: ActionScript 2.0/3.0, JavaScript, HTML, XML
3D Modeller-Designer/Flash developer/Department Leader Transport Systems
Transport Systems
2003 - 2007
- Produced 2D and 3D computer graphics (video and digital images).
- Developed the company's production pipeline.
- Managed a team of artists and developers.
- Released over 11 educational products using Adobe Flash.
Technologies: ActionScript, JavaScript, MaxScript

Experience

Shuffle Puzzles (Development)
3D game created with Unity3D and Flash with C#/UnityScript/ActionScript/PHP.
Sk-II Skincare advisor (Development)
Product recommendation tool for P&G brand - SK-II. Developed 17 different versions of the online adviser localised to different languages, including asian ones (KR, CN, JP an so on). (Adobe Flex/ActionScript 3.0)
ProjectsBot (Development)
http://projectsbot.com
Personal project I'm currently bootstrapping. It is freelance projects aggregator/crawler created using Node.js, JavaScript, HTML5, and TypeScript.
Sk-II Color Counseling (Development)
Another product recommendation tool for P&G's Sk2. Created using Adobe Flex and product recommendation platform from iGoDigital. (ActionScript 3.0/Afdobe Flex).
CrazyCake.fr - Custom Cakes online shop (Development)
http://crazycake.fr/
Custom eCommerce solution for a private bakery in France. Made with Adobe Flash (GaiaFramework) and PHP (Symfony 1.2 framework).

Skills

Languages
MXML, TypeScript, JavaScript, ActionScript 3.0, HTML5, C#, Java, PHP
Frameworks
Express, Adobe Flex, AngularJS, Express.io, Unity3D, Total.js
Tools
IntelliJ IDEA, 3ds Max, Adobe Flash Builder, FlashDevelop, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Flash, WebStorm, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Illustrator, Javadoc, Grunt
Paradigms
Kanban, Agile Software Development, Waterfall development, Refactoring, Lean Development, Continuous Integration, Scrum, Object-oriented Design (OOD), Behavior-driven Development (BDD), Object-oriented Programming (OOP)
Misc
Computer Graphics, Architecture
Libraries/APIs
Node.js, Facebook API, jQuery, Lo-Dash
Platforms
Java SE, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS, Windows
Storage
NoSQL, MongoDB, MySQL

Education

Specialists degree in Theoretical Physics, Math, Software Engineering
NTUU KPI (Kyiv Polytechnic Institute) - Kyiv/Ukraine
2002 - 2008

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